How to Alleviate Panic Attacks : Genetic [amp] Hereditary Causes of Panic Attacks - How to Alleviate Panic Attacks : How to Prevent Panic Attacks

How to Alleviate Panic Attacks : Genetic and Hereditary Causes of Panic Attacks




Hi this is Ben Brennan from Austin, Texas.
I'm coming to you on behalf of Expert Village
and today we're going to be talking about
panic attacks. Okay now I'll like to talk
about the hereditary or the genetic influences
on developing panic disorders or panic attacks.
Having a family history of panic attacks is
a good sign that you might be more free dispose
to having panic attacks than if you didn't
have a family history of that at all. But
that does not mean that if your mother, brother
and sister and everyone in your family has
panic attacks, then you're necessarily going
to start having those and it also doesn't
mean that if no one in your family has a history
of panic attacks, then you're free and you
will not develop those. But it is just something
to look for. If you have a family history
you want to be more cautious about your stress
and anxiety level. The way your genetics influence
the development of panic attacks is that genetically
or because of what is in our family history
and the genes that we inherited, some of us
have a higher base line of stress and anxiety
than others. So some people will go through
the day pretty easy going laid back, they
don't get really excited about anything; if
they run out of gas it is not a big deal,
they miss their lunch break, or they get to
work late, they're not too stress about it.
They can kind of take in strive naturally.
Some people are more pre-exposed to stress
and what will happen is they will be late
for work and they will get really anxious
about it. What's going to happen? I'm I going
to get fired? You know even when there is
nothing they can do about the situation. They
run out of gas or they miss their lunch break,
the stress will build up over the day and
they'll start to become really anxious. And
so what we have is different base lines for
different people with anxiety. Now if you
have a higher base line of anxiety that you
inhereited from your mom or your dad or just
that you developed because of something in
your genes or something biologocially. What
can happen is when you experience those day
to day events your anxiety continues to rise
and it can get to the point where you can
actually develop a panic attack. Or having
a base line of anxiety that's higher than
the average, you're higher than a more relaxed
person can cause you to develop panic disorder
or panic attacks whenever you do encounter
a stressful situation. So having that naturally
higher anxiety can really contribute to develop
your panic disorder. It doesn't mean that
you're going to have a panic attack but it
is something to look into and your response
to this could be if you notice that you're
having a higher anxiety, probably the best
thing to do is work on that. Think about ways
to relax and there's plenty of clips on this
series about how to relax and how to prevent
panic attacks. So it's just good to know yourself,
know what you're pre-exposed to and work from
that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SF5tQc7xIQ


How to Alleviate Panic Attacks : How to Prevent Panic Attacks




Hi. This is Ben Brennan from Austin, Texas.
I'm coming to you on behalf of Expert Village
and today we are going to be talking about
panic attacks. Although there are many biological
factors that result in our being more or less
predisposed to developing panic attacks, our
environment and our behavior can often be
important factors in causing or in the prevention
of panic attacks. Of course, we can't always
control our environment. Many stressful situations
are beyond our immediate control such as being
a single parent, disliking your job at the
moment, or having a loved one pass away. However,
there are many ways our behavior can increase
or decrease the probability that we will have
panic attacks. It can be our own behavior
that leads us to being predisposed to having
panic attacks. On the other hand, the good
news is that changes in our behavior that
we make (that can be pretty simple to do a
lot of times), can actually prevent panic
attacks from occurring or prevent us from
developing panic disorder which greatly improves
the quality of life. Often, especially when
a person is predisposed to panic attacks,
how they take care of their body is the difference
between developing panic disorder or not.
Overuse of stimulants such as nicotine, caffeine
and amphetamines can increase the likelihood
of panic attacks occurring. The same is true
for consuming food that is high in fat and
high in cholesterol. Eating heart healthy
foods, quitting smoking, and not abusing drugs
and alcohol can greatly reduce the probability
of having a panic attack. And it is an effective
way for individuals who are biologically or
genetically predisposed to having panic attacks
to avoid developing those in their lifetime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCE7dj0qfE